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Beehive Founded 1875 - Button Ribbon Mormon Souvenir Honoring OLD FOLKS DAY LDS

$ 11.35

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Region of Origin: Utah
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Type: Button Ribbon
  • Condition: Used

    Description

    Button and ribbon from Vintage Mormon “Old Folks Day” souvenir.
    Utah's first Old Folks' Day was celebrated on May 14, 1875, when 180 elderly men and women were entertained at Lake Point on the shore of the Great Salt Lake.
    It was a unique Utah Mormon institution. It began in 1875, when Charles R. Savage, the pioneer photographer, persuaded Presiding Bishop Edward Hunter to declare a day for honoring what we now call senior citizens."